International Council on Legislation
Posted by Jack Meyers
Information of interest to
all of the members:
Dave Robinson was the
representative from our district to the International Council on
Legislation. In his summary were found
some items of particular importance and interest to the membership of our club:
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... The club board can cancel a club meeting for commonly
recognized holidays. (We have
apparently been doing this for major holidays without the blessing of RI).
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... Club members are
required to attend or make up 50% rather than 60% of regular meetings in
each half of the Rotary year.
(This doubtless reflects the fact that so many Rotarians are on the
move and mobile in this time and age).
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... Rotaractors who have
ended their Rotaract membership within the preceding two years and have
been accepted into a Rotary club are exempt from paying a club admission
fee. (This may have future
ramifications since one of our goals is to begin a Rotaract Club in
Stanwood h.s.).
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... Clubs can elect into
active membership people with good reputations in the community who have
demonstrated a commitment to service and the Object of Rotary through
personal involvement in local affairs.
(This can have huge implications for our membership efforts. Formerly, membership in Rotary was limited
to executives and business owners.
Now the gates are opened to other fine persons who cannot be
described by the former membership criteria).
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... A district can only
belong to one zone. (This seems
innocent enough until you realize that our district 5050 bridges two zones
by being half in Canada and half in the U. S. - some say that is the
reason for our 5050 designation.
The Resolution is currently under serious review due to the fact
that not only our district but numerous others will be impacted. If enforced, there will be a significant
restructuring of our district with all of the clubs in our district being
in the one zone with no Canadian clubs included).
We will closely monitor these
developments, particularly the last one cited above.
Respectfully submitted,
JoAnn and Dave Lipscomb